Port-based ACL (PACL) you can also apply ACLs to Layer 2 interfaces on a switch. Port ACLs are supported on physical interfaces only and not on EtherChannel interfaces. Port ACLs are applied on interfaces for inbound traffic only. These access lists are supported on Layer 2 interfaces with:
Standard IP access lists using source addresses.
Extended IP access lists using source and destination addresses and optional protocol type information.
MAC extended access lists using source and destination MAC addresses and optional protocol type information.
As with router ACLs, the switch examines ACLs associated with features configured on a given interface and permits or denies packet forwarding based on how the packet matches the entries in the ACL. However, ACLs can only be applied to Layer 2 interfaces in the inbound direction.
Storm Control Storm control prevents switchports on a LAN from being disrupted by a broadcast, multicast, or unicast storm on one of the physical interfaces. A LAN storm occurs when packets flood the LAN, creating excessive traffic and degrading network performance. Errors in the protocol-stack implementation or in the network configuration can cause a storm. Storm control (or traffic suppression) monitors incoming traffic statistics over a time period and compares the measurement with a predefined suppression level threshold. The threshold represents the percentage of the total available bandwidth of the port. The switch supports separate storm control thresholds for broadcast, multicast, and unicast traffic. If the threshold of a traffic type is reached, further traffic of that type is suppressed until the incoming traffic falls below the threshold level. By default there is no storm control enabled for any traffic type (broadcast, multicast unicast). Here is an example of configuring a multicast threshold at 53%: